This role serves as a Technical Lead across multiple teams in Gusto's Money Group, defining the long-term technical vision for systems powering cash flow, lending, and tax optimization
Job Summary
This role serves as a Technical Lead across multiple teams in Gusto's Money Group, defining the long-term technical vision for systems powering cash flow, lending, and tax optimization.
The successful candidate will lead the architectural convergence of Gusto's People Stack and Finance Stack into a unified platform while managing service migrations from a large Ruby-on-Rails monolith.
Gusto offers competitive base pay, benefits, equity (RSUs), and expects all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role.
Matching Summary
This role serves as a Technical Lead across multiple teams in Gusto's Money Group, defining the long-term technical vision for systems powering cash flow, lending, and tax optimization.
Salary
Base: $214,000-$260,000/yr (Denver/major metros); Base: $250,000-$300,000/yr (SF/NY); Equity: RSUs included
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
15+ years software engineering experience
Distributed systems expertise in fintech
Payments and money movement architecture
Service migration from monolith to SOA
AI-native architecture decisions
Multi-team technical leadership
Nice-to-have
Experience with Ruby-on-Rails monoliths
Background in payroll data domains
Prototyping and proof-of-concept skills
Mentoring senior and staff engineers
Navigating complex partner ecosystems
Key Requirements
15+ years of software engineering experience
Deep expertise in distributed systems and fintech
Proven track record scaling interconnected production systems